A Japanese documentary team went to England in 2016 to track Billington down, so they could deliver a video message to him from Sayama reminiscing on their old matches. I guess he's still pretty fondly remembered there.

Yeah, he was a colossal arsehole but if there's one guy who I see unjustly forgotten from modern fans' 'Who's The Greatest' lists, it's Billington. Bret Hart thought he was the best wrestler who ever lived and so did Chris Benoit, and those are two guys who often crop up on 'Best Worker' lists themselves. In-ring Dynamite had it all, the technical skill, the bumping ability, the athleticism, the physique, the stamina ... the only thing he couldn't do was cut a decent promo.